Petroglyphs are very prominent as you set to trek in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. These ancient rock carvings provide us very interesting information about the lives of people inhabited in the area in ancient times.

An about 110 Km drive from Riyadh City Center along the Makkah Road, you can come across ancient graffiti. Here, a good number of mixed up petroglyphs like hunters, a family of ostrich, ibex and other animals provide us clues of the life around the area when most of the deserts were covered in vegetation as recorded. These petroglyphs are said to be of neolithic period, after 3000 BC.

For the route to Graffiti Rock near Musayqirah, please proceed to the last page of this section

The Location

The Graffiti rock near Musayqirah is on an inselberg (isolated hill) and so not difficult to find. It stands out in the desert with a vast area of plain land surrounding it. Southwestern part of this huge rock has a good collection of petroglyphs (prehistoric rock drawing) as well as its northeastern side where a less number of it could be found.

A Rock Canvas

This large rock is a wide canvas with a mixed up petroglyphs of the ancient artists

Camel and horse riders

Petroglyphs of camels were found very few at these rocks that could mean rare sights these animals in the area during the time.

Horse riders